The Leaf Chronicle

Santa Claus is all geared up for Christmas this year, but he's had to make some changes at the North Pole to accommodate all the requests he gets. Full Story »

Pat Allen plans to hold on to her petitions although a list of postal facilities being reviewed for possible closure no longer includes Clarksville's three post office branches. Full Story »

A retired Navy veteran lost a beloved family pet in a house fire Monday, but he feels grateful he and his family are alive and well. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — Nobody wants to buy them a beer. Full Story »

KABUL — The military may not finish its surge of 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan until nearly a year from now, a senior U.S. commander said Monday — a slower pace than President Barack Obama has described. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — Congress is knocking nearly $1 billion off President Barack Obama's request for Afghanistan's security forces and instead devoting the money to buying more mine-resistent vehicles for U.S. troops there. Full Story »

A Fort Campbell soldier who held a gun to a woman's head and choked her was arrested Saturday, according to a Clarksville Police report. Full Story »

A school bus caught fire en route to Cumberland Heights Elementary School Monday morning. Full Story »

KNOXVILLE — Rates for Tennessee Valley Authority residential customers will drop between $1 and $3 in the billing period that starts Jan. 1 due to another reduction in fuel costs. Full Story »

The County Commission's passing of a zoning regulations amendment on Monday created somewhat of a rift between commissioners representing rural areas and those with urban and suburban districts. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — Rep. Bart Gordon's surprise retirement announcement Monday sent a political shock wave that started in Middle Tennessee but will be felt across the state and throughout the country. Full Story »

The County Commission passed an amendment to the zoning regulations that will require commercial building within parts of the county to provide buffer zones between residential property. Full Story »

Clarksville’s three post office branches are no longer on a list of postal facilities being reviewed for possible closure. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two nonprofit groups say that computer technicians have found 22 million White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush. Full Story »

Three stations from the Clarksville Fire Department responded this morning to a house fire at 625 Rocky Hill Road. Full Story »

Sections of University Avenue and College Street will be closed to one lane today to accommodate construction by Clarksville Gas and Water. Full Story »

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The owner of a brothel more than two hours' drive from Las Vegas said she hopes to hire Nevada's first legal male prostitutes within a month, now that state health officials have approved a method to test men for infectious diseases. Full Story »

DETROIT (AP) — President Barack Obama's chief anti-drug official says marijuana is becoming more popular among U.S. teens and they have cut down on smoking cigarettes, binge drinking and meth use. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Bart Gordon, the dean of the Tennessee congressional delegation, announced this morning that he will retire at the end of next year. Full Story »

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Two Chattanooga-area rock slides have been cleared and traffic is again moving. Full Story »

WHITE HOUSE, Tenn. — There's only so much you can do that's different when decking the halls for a Christmas party from year to year, event planner Falon Veit says. Full Story »

A school bus caught fire enroute to Cumberland Heights Elementary School this morning. Full Story »

The Leaf-Chronicle's National weather Service forecast as of 5:37 a.m.: Today...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of drizzle through mid morning. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Full Story »

After a year in Afghanistan and almost three days in Romania, 142 soldiers with the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade returned early Sunday morning to Fort Campbell. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Sunday passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill with increased budgets for vast areas of the federal government, including health, education, law enforcement and veterans' programs. Full Story »